But before I got started I decided I needed a bit more inspiration to get started. So I went out in search of a sketch and I found an amazing one over at PageMaps. So with S.W.A.T's drill #30in mind I went to work with my beautiful Art Anthology products in hand. This is what I came up with.

For Drill #30 you need to include items that spell out the word FLOWER. I used

(F) Frame (L) Lace (O) Orange (W) Wood (E) Enamel Dots (R) Red

Make sure you hop on over and check this out!! You could win a$15 Gift Card to Paper Secrets! You have until the end of the month to link up over at S.W.A.T Scrap Warriors.

While I was digging thru my stash to find my
embellishments I found these cute little Wood Veneer Glasses from Creative Embellishments.So I hopped on over to check out their monthly
challenge and found
more inspiration for my layout! For their Challenge you need to
use at least 4 of the 10 items they have listed. I used lace, I doodled a
bit, enamel dots, paint & m (thanks to my Art Anthology!), Gesso, I dry
embossed my cereal boxes and I used a stamp flourish.

Okay back to my layout :) I based my layout on Creative Scrapperssketch #266 created by the super talented Jenny Evans! I had so much fun working with this sketch & playing with this kit. I'm sure you can tell just by looking at my layout.

If you would like to take a peek at what my kit looked like right out of the box you can hop on over to our YouTube Channel for my haul video. The kit really is worth taking another look at! Our Guest Designer Becci Manies is playing with this kit this month too, you can see one of her layouts in this months newsletter. (Take a Peek Here)

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Hello All!
I just wanted to stop in and remind you all that Paper Secrets has their second second sketch up for the month and as always its another great one!
Here it is our April 15th Sketch:

Word: TULIPS

Now remember you must include items, colors, brands, etc. beginning with each of the letter of the word - WINTER. You must use a different item for each letter ( for example you CAN NOT use white cardstock to represent "w" and "c" as "w"hite & "c"ardstock).
Here is my take on Kelly's sketch:

Friday, April 11, 2014

Hello All!This week we have been sharing baby projects over on theImaginise blog and today its my turn. So I thought I would share a quick little matchbook that is going to be part of a shower gift. I thought it would be a great addition for the mama to be to keep little notes of all the adorable moments on the go (so they don't get left out of the baby book).

Hello All! Today I am up over at
Art Anthology and let me tell you I have a super fun canvas to share!! But
first let me give you a bit of a back story.....

As
you may know Earth Day was founded in 1970 as a day of education about
environmental issues, Earth Day is now a globally celebrated holiday that is
sometimes extended into Earth Week, a full seven days of events focused on
green awareness. So in honor of Earth Day our theme this month over at Art Anthology is Recycling!

Now
that’s easy right…? Well yes and no, I wanted to do something different not my
same old re-purpose reuse recycling. So I picked something strange, something bad
for the environment and something that I need to stop bringing home. So what
did I use?

Yep!
I used plastic shopping bags to make my canvas. Now I will admit that when I started I thought I was making rolled roses for a pretty spring themed project.

As you can see I started by ripping the bags into long strips. I then glued them to the center of a paper circle. From there I just rolled, twisted and glued. They ended up looking like this:

While my roses dried I went to work on my canvas adding doilies, mesh and heavy gesso for lots of yummy texture! Then I used so more Art Anthology Colorations Spray to create my landscape. This is what it looked like when I went to bed.

I woke up looked at my canvas and I really was NOT feeling my roses, so I walked away and started to plan my next project. a few days went by and nothing I had no idea, but then something happened. My girls wanted to watch the Lorax and that's when it hit me! Sitting there watching a movie I've seen more than a hundred times, it just clicked! I didn't make roses I made Truffula Trees! That night thanks to Dr. Seuss I finished my canvas.

Some details for fun :)

So this Earth Day (and everyday) I will try to keep this quote in mind and strive to make some greener choices. But hey if I slip up and bring home more plastic bags at least I know I can make some pretty trees!

Saturday, April 5, 2014

I hope you are having a great weekend! I know I am, even its a crazy busy one! But I still just had to stop in and share this sweet little tag.I created for this drill over at S.W.A.T Scrap Warriors, this weeks drill is a BINGO so you will have to hop on over and check it out!

Here is the line that I chose to work with:

I used lots of bit and pieces from my past 3 Scrappy Boys past kits to make my tag. So with that in mind this is what I ended up with:

Some details :)

Here you can see some of the stitching I ran along the edge of the tag....

I used one of Sally's sewing tips, about keeping my bobbin thread white to save time.

Here you can see a peek pf the doily that I misted and ruffled to form her dress.

I hope that you like my little tag, I really enjoyed making it! So now it's your turn to get your BINGO on! I cant wait to see what you create! Just make sure to link up over atS.W.A.T before April 30th for your change to win an amazing prize pack fromPaper Secrets!

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Hello All! Can you believe after this crazy winter its April! I swear its finally here and with another new month there is yet another amazing sketch over at Paper Secrets!
Here it is:

Word:JOKES

Now remember you must include items, colors, brands, etc. beginning with each of the letter of the word - KISS. You must use a different item for each letter ( for example you CAN NOT use white cardstock to represent "w" and "c" as "w"hite & "c"ardstock).
Here is my take on Kelly's sketch: